Valve.



PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906 B. 1a. CARTER.

VALVE.

APPLIGATION FILED 110v. 27. 1901.

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PATENTED AUG. 28, '1906.

B. B. CARTER.

vVALVE.

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PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

B. B. CARTER.

VALVE.

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PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

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VALVE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1906.

Application filed November 27,1901. Serial No. 83,860.

f0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON B. CARTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hinsdale, in the county of Du Page and State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Valve, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to valves, and relates particular] to valves for impact-en ines of the general type heretofore patente to me by Letters Patent of the United States No. 662,763, dated November 27, 1900.

The invention also relates to means for operating or actuating the valves of engines, articularly of the above type, to open and c ose the admission and exhaust ports of the power cylinder thereof. s

As the invention relates to the valve itself the object of the invention is to secure simultaneous movement of the valves, which, as shown in 'said patent No. 662,763, are independent of each other to insure that the admission and exhaust ports will open and close at the proper relative times.

To effect this object, the invention consists in rigidly connecting said valves, so that movement of either will impart the same movement to the other. As preferably constructed, also, the admission and exhaust ports are controlled by means of a single valve, which extends through the wall separating the valve-chambers and into desired relation to the admission and exhaust ports.

As the invention relates to means for 0 erating a valve, the object of the invention is to provide, in combination with a (primary valveoperating mechanism a secon ary valve-operating mechanism adapted to supplement the action of the primar valve-operating mechanism to secure a ll valve-opening which may be operated with a minimum of consists in providing a secondary valveoperating mechanism located within the valvechamber, and valve connections which'will ermit the valve to move under the influence of the secondary valve mechanism indepondontly of the primary operating connec tions.

The invention also consists of the various other features, combinations of features, and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, my invention is fully illustrated.

To effect this object, the invention 4 Fig. 10 of the drawings is of Figure 1 is a plan section of the casing of an impact-engine, the admission and exhaust ports eing controlled by a single valve, said valve being shown partly in section. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the admission and exhaust orts being controlled by so arate valves. i 3 is an enlarged sectional plan of said va ves on the line 3 3 of Fig. 5. Fig. 4 is a sectional. plan on the line 4 4 of Fig. 5. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views on the lines 5 5 and fi 6, respectively, of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 illustrates the application of a secondary valveoperating mechanism of my invention to a piston or other form of valve. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a side View of the valve shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and Fig. 10 is a view substantially similar to Fig. 1, showing the valve and piston-rod in section to illustrate the relation of the valve-ports and fluid passages.

Referring now to Figs. 1. to 6, inclusive, and Fig. 10 of the drawings, 1 designates the casing of an im act-engine, the interior of which is divided y walls or partitions 2 and 3 into a ower-cylinderv4 and valve-cham here 5 an 6, of which the chamber 5 is connected with a source of supply of fluid under pressure, and the chamber 6 is provided with a discharge-opening 7. 8 is a piston-rod or plunger which extends longitudinally through the casing 1 and is adapted to recipmeats in suitable bearings formed in the ends thereof. 9 is a piston secured to said pistonl rod or plunger 8 and fitted to and longitudinally movable in the power-cylinder 4. 10 and '11 are passages formed longitudinally in the piston-rod or plunger 8, which are in open communication with the power-cylinder 4 on opposite sides of the iston 9 and which'are respectively provided with admission-ports l2 and 13, which connect said passages with the chamber 5 and with exhaust-ports 14 and 15, which connect said passages with the chamber 6. I As regards the foregoing features the impact-engine illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 and the general type heretofore patented to me by Letters Patent of the United States No. 662,763, dated N ovember 27, 1900, said elements being substantially identical. in function and as regards their general features in construction with the corresponding elements of said patented engine.

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7 re ucing the movement'of The admission-ports 12 and 13 and tlie exhaust-ports 14 and 15 may be controlled by 5 said Letters Patent No. 662,763.

As an improvement over said construction I prefer to control bOth thB admission-ports 12 and 13 and the exhaust-ports 14 and 15 by means of a single valve 18, Fi e. 1 and 10, which extends throu h the wall or partition 3 and into desired re ation to said admission and exhaust ports.

The exterior of the portipn of the valve 18 which plays through the wall 3 is cylindrical, and the opening in said wall is provided with a suitable ackingi'adapted to prevent leakage from t e chamber 5 to the chamber 6. As shown, said opening is closed b means of a cup-leather packi braces the cylindrica surface of said valve 18' at all times. As shown, said valve is provided with ports or openings 20 21 and 22 23, of which the ports or openings 20 and 21 are respectively adapted to be brought into communication with the ports or openings 12 and 13, and the ports or openin s 22 and 23 with the portsor openings 14 an 15 by movement of said valve 18 lengthwise of said piston-rod or plunger 8.

The valve 18 is operated primaril same manner as the valves 16 an striking a hers 5 an ciprocates. tion is that there is much in the 17 by ainst the ends of the valve-cham- 6 as the piston-rod or plunger re- The advanta e of this construcessJiability of the \valve getting out of adjustment than where.

separate valves are used, as each'valve tends to correct the adjustment of the other. It is obvious that the same advantages would be secured b rigidly connecting. the valves 16 and 17 ig. 2, as are obtained by using a single valve with two sets of ports.

have found in ractice that where the momentum of the moving parts of the engine is less than the resistance to their movement the stroke of the piston-rod or plunger graduall becomes shorter, thus correspondingly the controllin g valve or valves and the size of the admissionopenings until the engine finally stops.

To insure that the engine-ports will be fully opened at each stroke of the engine, I

have provided what may be termed a secondary" valve-actuating mechanism,-which justas the'ports are ahout'toopen is adapted to move the valve or valves to fully open saidports. J

Inits pre erahle form my secondary valveactuatingdevice-is as follows, particular ref- 65 erence bein'g had to Figs. 1, 3,

19,.Wh1ch c osely emembrace said spri 4, 5, and 6:1

Secured in the piston-rod or plunger 8 is a pin or stud 24, which projects mto a groove or lot 25, formed longitudinally in the valve 18. In order to strengthen and stiffen the valve 18, the slot 25 is preferably bridged by a raised metal plate 26, formed integral with the body of said valve.

The lateral surfaces of the pin-or stud 24 are inclined relatively to the direction of travel of said valve, said stud being preferably square and the corners thereof sharp.

Mounted in suitable guides or ways formed in the valve 18 on opposite sides of the groove or slot 25 are slides 27, the adjacent ends of which are tapered or pointed, cl ined surfaces which also reterably meet and form a sharp edge or angFe in the same manner as the inclined sides of the pin or stud 24. A plied to said slides 27 is a s ring or s rings a apted to force them inwar ly' towar each other, said spring or springs being sufficiently strong that when the oints of the slides 27 engage the inclined su aces of the pin or stud 24 they will move said valve, provided it is free to move. As shown, said slides are forced inwardly toward each other by a band; s ring 28, the ends of which are a plied to t e outer ends of said slides and the intermediate portion forming a loop which passes around the valve, the ends of said spring being hooked over said slides. To revent displacement of the spring 28 note es are provided in the ends of the slides 27 to re-, ceive the ends of said spring, and formed on the ,valve are lugs or projections 29 which at about its middle.

The dimension 0 the pin 24 lengthwise of the valve, is two times the corresponding dimension of the full valve-opening, and therelation and adjustment of parts is such that just before the piston 9 reaches either end of its stroke the valve 18, having previously come into contact with rigid portions of the valve-casing 1, will be moved into the position shown in Fig. 3, which in both adxmssionports and both exhaust-ports are fully closed, the adj ac'ent sides of the ports in t e valve and in the piston-rod or plunger being in line so that movement in either direction will open the admission-port to one and the exhaustport to the other of the passages in said p1s-' ton-rod or plunge When the slides 27 are in thepositions relative to the pin or stud 24, (shown in Figs. 3 and 4,) the valve may be described as being in unstable equilibrium, as very slight movement of the valve in either direction will causesaid slides 27 to engage one set or the other of inclined surfaces thereon and will operate to move it lengthwise of thepiston-rod or plunger 8 a distance equal to one-half of the longitudinal dimension of thepin or stud 24-and full ogerative opening of one admis-.

sion-port an the osite exhaust-port.

The expansion forming 1nof the uid in thecyhnden c and the momentum of the moving parts will always be suflicient to carry the pin or stud past its inoperative or dead-point and the secondary valve-o crating mechanism rendered 0 erative. RVith this construction it is there ore obvious that the admission and exhaust ports will be fully-o ened'at each stroke of the piston and that 1t will be practically impossible for the valve to remain at its dead-point. Thus the valve will always be set, so that the engine will start whenever fluid under pressure is admitted to the chamber 5.

In order to prevent disengagement of the pin "or stud 24 with the slot or groove 25, stops are rovided which limit the movem ent of the va ve relatively to the piston-rod or plunger 8. As shown, said stops are formed y the downwardly-extending ends of a plate 31, which project into the path of travel of said pin or stud 24, the lengths of thevalve-ports 20 21 and 22 23 being such that one set or the other of admission and exhaust ports will be fully open in all positions of the valve after being fully set by the secondary valveoperating mechanism, and the other set fully closed.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings, in which the admission and exhaust ports are controlled by separate valves, both valves are provided with a secondary valve-operating mechanism of my invention, the same parts being designated by the same reference-numerals, as in Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

The construction shown in Fig. 1, in which both the admission and exhaust ports are controlled by the same valve, has an advantage over the construction shown in Fig. 2, in which two valves are used, as only one secondary valve-operating device is necessary.

While a secondary valveoperating mechanism of my invention is particularly adapted for use on impact-engines of the type described, it admits of a much broader ap lication and may, in fact, be applied to almost any form of reciprocating valve.

11 order to illustrate its broad application, I have in Figs. 7, 8, and 9 of the drawings shown a secondary valve mechanism of In invention applied to a common nd Wei known. form of valve. Referring t en, particularly, to Figs, 7, 8, and 9 of the drawings, 32 is the power-cylind er of any ordinary type of engine, as a steam-pump; 33 is a piston fitted thereto, 34 the pistonrod, 35 the steam or valve chest, and 36 the valve which controls the cylinder-ports. l

The valve 36 is of the piston-valve type, being cylindrical and fitted toand longitudinally movable in a suitable bore formed in the steam or valve chest 35.

The primary valve-operating mechanism is as follows: Fitted to and longitudinally 65 movable in suitable bearings in the ends of i the valve-chest 35 is a valve stem or rod 37, which passes freely through a longitudinal opening 38 in the valve 36. Reciprocating movement is imparted to the valve-stem 37 from the piston-rod 34 by means of a lever 39, the ends of which are ivotally connected to the piston-rod and va ve-steni and which is pivoted between its ends to a link 40, the opposite end ol which is ivoted to the cylinder-head. Formed on t io valve-stem 37 are shoulders 41, adapted to strike the ends of the valve 36 as the valve-stem 37 moves in op ositc directions.

The secondary valve-operating mechanism is as follows: The valve 36 is cut away between its ends, as shown at 42, andformed thereon is a [hinge 43, the sides of which are inclined and preferably meet in a sharp point, the longitudinal dimension of said flange at its base being two times the length of the desired valve-opening.

Fitted to and longitudinally movable in holes or openings 44, formed in bosses or projections 45 on the valve-chest, are slides 46, the inner ends of which taper to a point in substantially the same manner as the flange 43 is tapered.

S rings 47, inserted between the outer ends of tlie slides 46 and plugs 48, threaded into the openings 44, operate to force said slides 46 inwardly and are of such strength that under their influence the slides, pressing upon an inclined surface of the flange 43, will move the valve 36 in one direction or the other independently of the primary valve-operating mechanism. Shoulders 49 in the valveches't prevent overthrow of the valve 36. from any cause.

The relation and adjustment of parts are such that the valve 36 will be moved by the primary valve-operating mechanism until the apex of the flange 43 has passed the points of the slides 46, whichwill be just at the time the piston 33reaches the end of its stroke in either direction. The relation and adjustno merit of arts are such also that both cylinderports will be closed when the valve has been moved to the oint indicated. As soon as the apex of t e flange 43 has passed the points of the slides 46 said slides will operate I 15 to throw the valve 36, so as to open the re er admission and exhaust ports to the cy im er.

' The inclined surfaces of the pin or stud 24 or of the flange 43 and of the slldes 27 and 46 form, in efl'ect,'camsurfaces, and while I pre- 1 2o fer to use straight surfaces it is obvious that they admit of wide modification and variation without departing from my invention.

For example, they may be curved in almost any desired manner.

claim- 1. In an engine, the combination with a valve, of a primary valve-operating mechanism adapted to impart movement to said valve through a portion of its travel, and a 1 0 secondary valveoperating mechanism located within the valve-chamber adapted to sup lament the primary valve-o crating mec anism, said valve being movab e under the influence of said secondary valve mechanism independently of its primary operating connections, substantially as described.

2. In an engine, the combination with a valve, of a primary valve-operating mechanism adapted to impart movement to said valve through a portion of its travel, and a secondary valve-operating mechanism located within the valve-chamber and applied directly to said valve adapted to supplement the primary valve-o crating mechanism, said valve bein movab e under the influence of said secon ary valve-operating mechanism independently of its primary 0 nections, substantially as descri ed.

3. In an engine, t e combination with a valve, of a primary valve-operating mechanism adapted to impart movement to said valve through a portion of its travel, and a secondary valve-operating mechanism adapted to supplement the primary valveoperat ing mechanism comprising cams on said valve and on a rigid support within the valve-casing, the cams on one thereof being formed on aieldingly-supported slide or slides, said va ve being movable under the influence of said secondary valve-operating mechanism independently of its rimary operating connection-s, substantial y as described.

4. In an engine, the combination with a valve, ,1 rod which extends through an openin in said valve, connection between said ro and the en e-piston,a stud orp' which rojects lateralp from said rod on w ich are ormed cam-su aces, a slide or slides fitted to and longitudinally inovable in guides or ways in said valve, cam surfaces thereon which pro- *ect into the path=0f travel of the cam-sur aces on said studand a spring or springs-ape plied to said slide or slides, substantia ly as described 7 5. In an engine, the combination with a valve, a rod which extends through 'said valve, connection between said god and the engin' iston, a stud or pin which projects from said rod on which are formed cam-surfaces, a. slide or slides fitted to and longitudinally movable in gu'des or ways in said valve, cam-surfaces thereon which project into the path of travel of the cams on said stud a spring or springs applied to said slide or slides and means to limit the relative movement of said valve-and rod, substant' lly as described. 6. In an engine, the combination with a valve, arod which valve, connection between-saidrod and the engine-piston, a stud or pin which projects laterally from said rod *on which are formed cam-surfaces, a slide rslidesiitted to and longitudinally movable 1n guides or ways in sai valve, cam-surfaces-thereon pro crating conextends through said ,vided with chamber in line witheach other, a piston, a- ;pistonrod orp ungersecured to said piston -which passes *ect into the path of travel of the cam -sur aces on said stud, a sprin or sprin ap lied to said slide or slides an stops w ich imit the relative movement of substantially as described.

7. In an engine, comprisin vided with a cylinder and a va line with each other, a

a casin prove-cham erin iston, a piston-rod or plunger secured in sai piston and passigg through said valve-chamber, said pistonor plunger being provided with assageways which connect said valvecham er with said cylinder, and a valve in said valvechamber which surrounds and is movable with said piston-rod or plunger, of cam-surfaces formed on said piston-rod or plunger, a slide or slides fitted to and longitudinally movable in guides or ways in said valve, camsurfaces thereon which project into the path of travel of the cam-surfaces on said pistonrod or (plun er and a spring or sprin applied to sai sli e or slides, substantia y as described.

8. In an engine, com rising a casing rovided with a power-0y inder and .a va vechamber in line with each other, a piston, a piston-rod or plunger secured in said piston which passes throu 11 said valve-chamber and is provided wit connect said valve-chamber with the powercylinder and a valve in said valve-chamber which surrounds said piston-rod 0r lunger and is movable therewith, of a stu or pin which proilelcts from said piston-rod or plunger on w movable in guides or wa s in said valve, cam-surfaces thereonfwhic project into the path of travel of thecam-surfaces on said stud and a sprin or springs ap lied to said slide or slides, su stantially as ascribed.

9. In an engine,'com rising a casing rovided with a power-0y inder'and a va vechambe r in line with each other, a piston, a piston-rod or plunger secured to sand piston which passes throu h said valve-chamber and is provided wit passage-we s which connect said valvehamberwith t e powercylinder and a valve in said valve-chamber which surrounds and is movable with said piston-rod 'or plunger, of a stud or pin'which projects frorngaad piston-rod or plunger pro-.

vided with surfaces, a slide or slides fitted to and 1011 'tudinally movable in guides or ways in sai valve, cam-surfaces thereon which project into the. path of travel of the said valve and rod,

passage-ways which ch are formed cam-surfaces, a ,slide or slides fitted to and longitudinally cam-surfaces on said stud a sprin or springs ap liedvto said slide or slide an means to limit therelative movemen of'said valve and piston-rod, substan ially as'described.

10. Inanenginepcom apower cy inder and a v 've hrough' said valve-chamber x 2 5 I'lSlDg a casing roand is provided with passage-ways which connect said valve-chamber with the powercylinder and avalve in said valve-chamber which surrounds and is movable with said piston-rod or plunger, of a stud or pin in said piston-rod or plunger, cam-surfaces formed thereon, a slide or slides fitted to and longitudinally movable in guides or we s in said valve, cam-surfaces thereon whic project into the ath of travel of the cam-surfaces on said stucF, a spring or springs applied to said slide or slides and steps which limit the relative movement of said valve and rod, substantially'as described.

11. In an engine, comprising a casing rovided with a power-cylinder and a va vechamber in line with each other, a piston, a piston-rod or plunger secured to said piston which passes throu h said valvechamber and is provided wit passage-ways which connect said valve-chamber with the power-cylinder and a valve in said valvechamber which surrounds said piston-rod or lungerand is movable therewith, of a stu or pin which projects from said pistonrod or p unger, cam-surfaces thereon, a slide or slides fitted to and longitudinally movable in guides or waysin said valve, cam-surfaces thereon which project into the path of travel of the cam-surfaces on said stud, a spring or springs applied to said slide or slides and rigid projections on said valve in line with the stud on the piston-rod tially as described.

12." In an engine, comprising a casing rovided with a power-cylinder and ava vechamber in line with each other, a piston and a piston-rod or plunger secured to said piston which passes through said valvechamber and is provided with passageways which connect said valve-chamber with the power-cylinder, of a valve in said valvechamber which surrounds and is movable with said piston-rod or plunger and is provided with a longitudinal slot or groove, a stud or pin which projects from said piston rod or plunger and engages the groove or slot in said valve, cam-surfaces on said pin or stud, a slide or slides fitted to and longitudinally movable in guides or ways in said valve, cam-surfaces thereon which project into the path of travel of the cam-surfaces on said stud, a sprin or springs applied to said slide or slides anii stops which limit the relative movement of said valve and istonrod or plunger, substantially as descri ed.

13. In an engine, com rising a casing provided with a power-cy inder and a valve chamber in line with eachother, a piston, a piston-rod or plunger secured to said piston which extends through said valve-chamber and is provided with assage-ways which connect said valve-cham er with said powercylinder, and a valve in said valve-chamber which surrounds and is movable with said or plunger, i:ubstan iston-rod or plunger, of straight cam-suraces on said piston-rod or plunger which meet to rming a sharp angle, a slide or slides fitted to and longitudinally movable in guides or ways in said valve, straight camsurfaces thereon which meet forming a sharp angle and which project into the path of travel of the cam-surfaces on said stud anda spring or springs applied to said slide or s ides, substantially as described.

14. In an engine, comprising a casing rovided with a power-cylinder and a va vechamber in line with each oi her, a piston-rod or plunger secured to said piston which extends through said valve-chamber and is pro-, vided with assage-ways which connect said valve-chamber and said power-cylinder, of a valve in said valve-chamber which surrounds and is movable with said iston-rod or plunger and is provided with a ongitudinal groove or slot, a square stud in said piston-rod which engages the groove or slot in said valve, the sides of said stud being inclined at equal angles to the sides of said piston-rod or plunger, a slide or slides which are fitted to and are longitudinally movable in uides or ways in said valve the ends of whic arev an gular and project into the path of travel of said stud and a spring or springs applied to said slide or slides, substantially as described.

15. In an engine, comprising a casing rovided with a power-cylinder and a va vechamber in line with each other, a piston and a piston-rod or plunger secured to said piston which extends throu h said valve-chamber and is provided wit 1 passage-ways which connect said valve-chamber with said powercylinder, of a valve in said valve-chamber which surrounds and is movable with said iston-rod or plunger and is provided with a ongitudinal groove or slot, a square stud in sair pistonrod or plunger which engages the groove or slot in said valve, the sides of said stud. being inclined at equal angles to the sides of said piston-rod or plun er, a slide or slides fitted to and longitudinal y movable in guides or ways in said valve the ends of which are angular and project into the path of travel of the stud in said piston-rod or plunger, a spring or springs a plied to said slide or slides andstops which imit the relative movement of said valve and piston-rod or plunger, substantially as described.

16. In an engine, comprising a casing in which are formed a power-cylinder and separate valve-chambers all in line with each other, a piston and a piston-rod or plunger secured to said piston which extends through said valve-chambers and is provided with passage-Ways which connect said power-cylinder with said valverchainbers, a valve which surrounds and is movable with said piston-rod and extends through the -wall separatin said valve-chambers and into proper re ation to the ports to the passage the ways in said piston-rod or lunger, the distance between opposite en s of said valvechambers being greater than the length of said valve by an amount substantially equal to the travel of said iston-rod or plunger, cam-surfaces on said piston-rod or plunger a slide or slides fitted to and longitudinally movable in guides or ways in said valve, camsurfaces thereon which project into the path of travel of the cam-surfaces on said pistonrod or tplun er and a spring or sprin s applied to sai sli e or slides, substantia y as escribed.

17. In an engine, comprising a casing in which are formed a power-cylinder and separate valve-chambers in line with each other, a piston and a piston-rod secured therein which extends throu h said valve-chambers and is provided wit 1 passage-ways which connect said power-c linder with said valvechambers, a valve w 'ch surrounds said piston-rod or plunger and is movable therewith and which extends into both valve-chambers and into proper relation to the ports to the passage-Ways in said piston-rod or plunger, distance between opposite ends of said valve-chambers being greater than the length of said valve by an amount substantially equal to the travel of said piston-rod, camsurfaces on said piston-rod or lunger, a slide or slides fitted to and longitudinally movable in guides or ways in said valve, cam-surfaces thereon which project into the path of travel of the cam-surfaces on said piston-rod or plunger, a spring or sprin s ap lied to said slide or slides and stops a apted to limit the relative movement of said valve and istonrod or lunger, substantially as descri ed.

18. 11 an engine, com rising a casing'provided with a power cy inder, and separate valve-chambers all in line with each other, a I

piston and a iston-rod or lunger secured in said piston w ch extends t ough said valvechambers and is provided with passage-ways which connect said valve-chambers with said power-cylinder, -of a valve which surrounds said piston-rod or plunger and is movable therewith and which extends into both valve 1 chambers, the length of said valve being such that when the piston-rod is moving in either direction, the end of the valve will strike the 1 end of the valve-chamber toward which it is moving, before said piston-rod reaches the 1 limit of its movement, substantially as de l scribed.

19. In an engine, com rising a casing provalve-chambers in line with each other, a piston and a piston-rod secured thereto which extends through said valve-chambers and is provided with passage-ways which connect said powercylinder with said valve-chambers, ofa valve which surrounds said piston rod or plunger and is movable therewith and which extends into both valve-chambers, the length of said valve being such that when the piston-rod is moving in either direction, the valve moving with said piston-rod .will come into contact with the end of the valve-chamber toward which it is movin before the pistonrod reaches the limit 0% its l movement and stops which limit the relative movement of said piston-rod and valve, substantially as described.

20. A valve-operating mechanism comprising cams on said valve and on a art relatively to which said valve is movab e, a slide or slides fitted to and lon itudinally movable in guides or wa s in one t ereof on which one of said cams is ormed, a sprin or springs applied to said slide or slides an means to impart relative movement tov said valve and other cam support, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I ence of two subscribing witnesses, this 22d day of November, A. D. 1901.

BYRON B. CARTER. Witnesses:

JOHN A. MoKEowN, \ARTHUR W. UNnEawooD,

aflix my signature, in pres-- vided with a poWer-cyinder and separate 

